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Your Ex-CoWorkers Will Kill Facebook

Posted by Zonk on from the just-be-glad-they're-not-after-you dept.

Random BedHead Ed writes "Cory Doctorow writes about the downside of social networking on the Information Week site, with a focus on Facebook. While he starts with some minor but insightful quibbles, he quickly moves to a critique of the core of social networking: 'Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker's cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by 'friend' and 'foe,' with the top eight friends elevated to a small shrine decorated with Post-It roses and hearts.' Do you really want to add your boss and coworkers to your friends list? (And more to the point, do you really have a choice?)"

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  1. Re:uh, dont use it? by pembo13 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm sure you're quiet happy and all that. But I find this post extremely depressing - enough so that I'll be closing this tab.

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  2. Re:this is old news... by drix · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'm not sure if "asininity" is a word, but ... in the time it took you to write that:
    • 100,000 books were finished
    • Somebody organized their sock drawer
    • Painters painted
    • 17 people got a promotion
    • Progress was made towards curing cancer
    • A group of climbers summited Everest
    Put down the keyboard and go do something.

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    I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.